Each of the answer words or phrases is related to a member of
a well-known group in the manner of a specified flat type. The
original example by ΧΕΙΡΩΝ is a
transaddition group (6, 5, 6, 6):
kobold, pilot,
ersatz, swathe,
based on blood, toil, tears, sweat (from the Churchill speech).
Kobold is a “transaddition,” a transposal with a letter added, of
blood; pilot is a transaddition of toil;
and so on.

Tagging for group members need not be as detailed as for the
answers (for example, “some group members are not MW
usage”). If the group members normally occur in a specific
order, as in the example above, the answers should preferably
follow that order.

Other possibilities include the transdeletion group (shot,
troops, Masai:
transdeletions of Athos,
Porthos, and Aramis, the Three Musketeers), the consonantcy group, and the reversed consonantcy group (dory, thaw, alibi: reversed consonantcies of red, white, and
blue). The homonym group already exists under the name homoconcominym.

You needn’t include the group words on your solution
list (in the example above, you need send only “kobold,
pilot, ersatz, swathe”); in fact, it’s possible to
solve all the parts of a group flat without ever realizing what
the group is.

Some composers add veiled clues to the group (for example, a
flat built on Curly, Larry, and Moe might include the word
stooges); this is not required, and in some cases would make the
flats too easy.

TRANSPOSAL GROUP (4, 4, 5, 5)

I went to A my hunger
With a steaming bowl of B --
A sudden C escaped my lips:
I’d stepped upon a D.

The individual letters in a word or phrase are numbered
consecutively, and other words or phrases are composed by
pronouncing the letters individually or in combinations. For
example: TOTAL = vacations, 9-4 =
essay (S-A), 6-1 = ivy (I-V), 2-5 = eighty (A-T),
8-1 = envy (N-V), 6-3 = icy (I-C), 7 = owe (O). The
cuewords are the strings of numbers, and the verse rhymes and
scans with the numbers read out in full, as illustrated here:

LITERATIM (6)

The giddy couple sit and drink down by the River *4
Until his speech has blurred a bit; her vision, even
more.
“6, bless my soul, it’s 3 5!”
“2?” he mutters, like a snore.
“Well, naught care I if 3 1 -- both will fancy
what’s in store.”
Their conversation starts and stops; some WORD and then a
snort;
She urges him to WORD; alas, the tipsy deed is short.
“Oh, aye, ‘tis truth that whisky makes the
inhibitions sleep,
But what’s the use if so does he, and makes a poor
girl weep?”

Each letter in TOTAL must be used in at least one shorter
part, and it may be used in more than one. Parts like 6-6 for
aye-aye (from the solution vacations) that use a number more than once are
allowable. The whole solution must be an MW word or phrase, but
the parts may be non-MW phrases.

From a longer word, every sequence of two or more adjacent
letters in consecutive alphabetical order is removed to form a
shorter word. Example: ONE = defenders,
TWO = en. In a redro
takeout, sequences in reverse alphabetical order are
removed. Example: ONE = debuted, TWO =
deb or ONE = opponents, TWO = open.

ORDER TAKEOUT (9)

MTV is not for me;
It’s the ABE thing on TV.
Yes, I’d say math is more for me --
Playing round with e and E.

=Cazique

The solution: ABE = stupidest, E =
pi

REDRO TAKEOUT (10)

The collar was certain, the plans were complete;
He’d promised the snow for that night.
But what do you do when the heat get cold feet?
We ended up HEAVY the LIGHT.